Improving Health Outcomes Through Investigations of Wabanaki Food Systems in Maine
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Upscaling the Wabanaki Mobile Food Pantry Program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Food Insecurity. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Wabanaki ancestral lands historically provided abundant resources, allowing Wabanaki people to rely exclusively on hunting, fishing, and gathering for all their subsistence needs. However, as their sacred hunting and fishing grounds were lost to colonization, the Wabanaki people lost access to their traditional foods, which has had devastating impacts on the communities' health and well-being. Without access to traditional foods like fiddleheads, corn, beans, squash, wild rice, fish, and many others, the Wabanaki people experienced a surge in many nutrition-related health problems, such as diabetes, obesity, and heart-disease, which have only increased exponentially with time. This Community Research Project (CRP) seeks to improve these health outcomes for Wabanaki people by upscaling the Wabanaki Mobile Food Pantry (WMFP), an existing program that delivers fresh and traditional foods to the Tribal communities. The CRP is grounded in the understanding that food sovereignty is fundamental to achieving and sustaining the health and well-being of Wabanaki communities. The upscaled WMFP aims to increase community access to fresh, traditional, or locally sourced foods, improve community perceptions of food pantries, support cultural connection, promote sustainable, culturally relevant food systems, and increase Tribal members' knowledge and self-efficacy surrounding the cultivation, preparation, and preservation of traditional foods.
Interventions
- Behavioral Upscaling the Wabanaki Mobile Food Pantry Program
Community-led expansion of a Mobile Food Pantry program designed to improve access to nutritious and culturally appropriate foods and address food insecurity among Wabanaki communities. Outcomes are evaluated using a pre-post study design.
Primary outcome measures
- Food Security Status (Hunger Vital Sign / 6-Item HFSSM Score) [Time frame: Baseline (Wabanaki Community Survey pilot period, approximately 3-6 months)]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Health-Related Quality of Life (CDC HRQoL Indicators) [Time frame: Baseline (during Wabanaki Community Survey data collection period)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults age 18 years and older
- Members of a Wabanaki community
Exclusion criteria
-None
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness — Bangor
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07561593 · OT2OD035832 · OT2OD035832